I feel like hurting people today, so HAVE SOME ANGST.
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He'd never been here without Shiro before. It was weird. But he needed to do this.
"I'm--" he stopped abruptly. Did he need to say it out loud? Maybe he should just... Say it in his head? He shuffled his feet. Maybe he should kneel? But that felt kind of like praying. Which was even weirder.
He groaned and dropped onto the grass. "You would be laughing at me right now. Not out loud. Never out loud." He rolled his eyes. "That like... Look. I think you taught him that dad look. Or maybe Colleen..."
He trailed off again and closed his eyes. He should not be this nervous.
"I'm going to ask Shiro to marry me, and I wanted to... Not ask permission? Because you can't answer. But. I felt like I should... Tell you. Because you were -- are -- important to him..."
Why was he so nervous. He was literally talking to a rock.
Headstone. But same thing, right?
"I know you guys broke it off, before. But, well I think it's important... I love him. And I'll take care of him. I promise, Adam...."
He set a hand on the stone and looked over his shoulder. "Was that...?"
He got a nod. "It was fine, Curtis."
"Thanks, Keith."
